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Meat raffle anyone? Cornhole?

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This seems to be a common thing in rural Minnesota bar/grills. Is this just a Minnesota thing or do others do this? I don't think we have it in the metro though I might have once been in a place that was having one. And how about cornhole - that seems popular around here too. I don't participate in any of if but I see it advertised.

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Kswl

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Isn’t cornhole a version of bean bag toss? I find the name curiously unappealing.

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maire_cate
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I've never heard of a meat raffle. Either it's not common around here or I'm not hanging out in the right bars. i had to google it and you're right that it's more prevalent in MN and Wisconsin but this article also mentions western NY. Our PA place is only only a few miles from NY but I haven't seen any notices about them. Although perhaps they're small town/local bar events that wouldn't advertise out of the area. I do see notices in upstate PA for 'Tricky Tray' fund raisers.

https://www.mashed.com/674899/the-untold-truth-of-meat-raffles/

My adult kids play cornhole with friends when they get together for BBQ's - it goes better with beer.

Maire
OutsidePlaying
last year
I’ve never heard of a meat raffle. Corn Hole has been popular down south for quite a while. It’s especially popular at tailgates to pass the time. It’s actually fun, portable, and somewhat like a version of horseshoes.
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Annie Deighnaugh
last year
Don't know about meat raffle but corn hole is popular...I've seen people playing it at picnics and beer gardens and such.
Sueb20
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No meat raffles here in MA that I know of. But we have played cornhole with friends and family. Interestingly, the first time my family was introduced to cornhole was at my cousin’s home in MN. We have a cornhole game now at our beach cottage. I think we all prefer ladder ball, tho!

These are not my people, just found pic online.
Annie Deighnaugh
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I agree about the name kswl. It is bean bag toss. I liken it to lightweight horseshoes.
deegw
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I have not heard of a meat raffle but cornhole has been on my radar for years. My daughter purchased this version of cornhole at Anthro for her backyard wedding. It's super cute.
maddielee
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Cornhole ( hate the name) is at most every outdoor party here.

I went searching why its named what it is. Some guy changed from throwing rocks into the goal to a bag full of dry corn. So says ’the internet’.

Never heard of a meat raffle.
porkandham
last year
I‘ve never heard of a meat raffle. Cornhole is ubiquitous. The name used to bother me when I first heard it maybe 20 years ago, but it no longer does. I guess I’ve been desensitized!
bbstx
last year
Never heard of a meat raffle in my part of the South. When my daughter was in college and mentioned playing cornhole, I clutched my pearls and told her to never say that again. I’ve gotten inured to the name.
teeda
last year
The first time I heard of a bar meat raffle was an episode of Rovers, a british comedy set in the clubhouse of a local football club. I thought it was a british thing!

Cornhole is trendy here too. Prior to cornhole I knew it as bean bag toss, and was mostly relegated to school field days! Before the pandemic it became the big thing to play at lunchtime in my office building.
nicole___
last year
Colorado. No meat raffles here. They put steaks on sale for Father's Day.....very few takers. I've played cornhole "once" my entire life. Frisbee Golf(the neighbors throw frisbees at the pine trees) and Pickleball are ALL the rage.
OllieJane
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Kids play cornhole around here. College kids and adults play a harder version called "Washers" here. Instead of playing with bean bags-they play with large washers that are just a little smaller than the "holes" on a cornhole board-and, of course with beer! My hubby is really good at it LOL

Never heard of meat raffle.
roarah
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Never heard if a meat raffle but ladder ball, corn hole and bocci are still very popular with my family in the yard just us or at barbecue backyard parties.
dedtired
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The first time i heard of a meat raffle was in an announcement by the little coal mining town in Pennsylvania where my parents grew up ( and left the moment they could). For $10 you could buy a chance to win a big pile of beef, along with the cooler. Actually, it sounded like some pretty nice cuts of beef, but you better own a freezer.

I see cornhole at every school and church fair. My son and I played at a casual outdoor restaurant last year and i notice that an upscale coffee shop nearby has a game in their outdoor seating area. Better than Jarts!
Jilly
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I’ve never heard of cornhole or meat raffle.

Love bocce, we keep it out back and play often. Not to brag, but I could probably win a world championship at this. If there was a bocce Olympics, I’d get the gold. If I could earn a good living at bocce, that’d be my career.

(Ok, yes! I‘m exaggerating up there. But I am pretty good.) 😁
maire_cate
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Sueb - What game are those 2 playing in your photo?

Found it - ladderball - another misnomer.

We could always try caber toss!
localeater
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Cornhole is ubiquitous in Maine. There is quite a cottage industry of selling custom cornhole boards too! Some of them are very beautiful.

I have heard of a meat raffle, but I dont know for sure that it was in Maine. We have lots of raffles though, 50-50s are the most prevalent.
Tina Marie
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Never heard of a meat raffle here in my area (TN). Having worked on a college campus, I, of course, know what cornhole is. It's pretty popular and you will see it at many outdoor gatherings. Pickleball is becoming pretty popular too.
Yayagal
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I've seen a white building along a road I take and it has a meat raffle once a month. I never went in but it's been going on for years.
hhireno
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Never heard of a meat raffle.

Have played CornHole but prefer to just call it bean bags.

My family likes the yard game Kubb. I keep a set at both houses.
pudgeder
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I've never heard of a meat raffle either, but I don't get out much. LOL

Kids got us a corn hole game for Christmas 2 years ago. It's something all ages can play and have fun.
gsciencechick
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Meat raffles are huge in Buffalo! Not here.

Yes, lot of Cornhole here, and there is even the American Cornhole Association which is located near where I work. They host the national championships. I am not kidding.
nini804
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I am cracking up @gsciencechick! The ACA (who knew there was even one?) is in our general neck of the woods??😂😂 I am going to look this up to find out where it is…maybe I’ll attend nationals.😂
gsciencechick
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Sorry, it’s actually American Cornhole LEAGUE HQ.
arcy_gw
last year
You left out the latest fad--axe throwing.
party_music50
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Meat raffle? I’m afraid to know what that is. lol! I have heard of ”cornhole” (unfortunate as that is), but it’s not something done/played here.

jinx, you need to visit central NY: https://globalbocce.com/event/2022-world-series-of-bocce/

eta: $3200 for 1st place woman :)
nini804
last year
That is a pretty decent payout at the Cornhole World Championships! $250,000! For throwing beanbags! 😂 The sponsors seem tilt heavily to tailgate supplies (Johnsonville (cured meats,) Bacardi, Mike’s Hard Lemonade…) This whole thing is cracking me uo. 😊 Might head down to Rock Hill for the excitement.
Jilly
last year
Party, I’m so there! :D
texanjana
last year
Watching cornhole on tv is very entertaining.
gsciencechick
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Heads up! The corn hole championships are starting and will air August 5-7 on ESPN.

Corn hole on TV I saw this Rock Hill Herald article on the Rock Hill Herald app and thought you’d be interested.

Cornhole championships start today in Rock Hill — plus air guitar, ax throwing, wiffle ball

https://www.heraldonline.com/article263831742.html

For more great content like this subscribe to the Rock Hill Herald app here: https://www.heraldonline.com/subscribe
arcy_gw
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20 years ago we had our high school students make "Polish Horse Shoe" games. Same board as corn hole but we used giant washers to throw. The game is far from new but had gone through some nuances it would seem.
hhireno
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I just discovered my small, local airport has a bean bag/cornhole set in the gate area, near the 1 restaurant and 1 shop. There wasn’t anyone playing.
gsciencechick
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Live! Today all day on ESPN2! The Cornhole starts at 4 p.m.
Lars
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I've never played cornhole (nor have I seen it played), but we used to pitch washers at camp, and the target was a hole in the ground (not a board) that was reinforced by an empty tuna can, I think. We also pitched horseshoes, and of course that was also always outdoors.

I think cornhole was invented so that it could be played indoors, which may be why it did not catch on in Texas when I lived there. Of course you can play it outdoors as well - I just have never seen it personally.

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